README.md

In josegallegos07/steamR: An interface to Steam's Web API

steamR

steamR provides an R wrapper for Steam's Web API.

The ultimate aim of steamR is to allow access to the all juicy data available on Steam and to pave the way for some neat analyses.

Installation

steamR is currently only available on github.

Install the development version from github using devtools:

 # install.packages("devtools")
 install_github("josegallegos07/steamR")

Usage

Use of Steam's APIs requires that you agree to the Steam API Terms of Use.

Steam Key

All requests require a Steam Web API Key. You can get a key here.

Please do not share your key as it identifies you when you make requests.

Available Methods

An exhaustive list of available methods:

 steamR_methods()

Getting Started

Methods to get you started:

method description get_app_list Returns an exhaustive list containing the name and id of every program available in the Steam store. get_steam_id_64 Returns a user's 64-bit Steam ID.

Examples

See examples.

Bugs & Feature Requests

Open a new issue if you want to report a bug or request a new (or missing) feature.

josegallegos07/steamR documentation built on May 19, 2019, 8:48 p.m.